Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
I am convinced that if we as a society work diligently in every other area of life and neglect the family, it would be analogous to straightening deck chairs on the Titanic.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.
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When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.
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The new Beetle cannot deny its origin and the magic of its shape, ... We believe the new Beetle is not just another car.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Great things are possible only to strong souls and it's from the trivial events of daily life that strength is won.
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The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.
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I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day....
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My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use the information therein to successfully invest in property.
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Wine, it's in my veins and I can't get it out.
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If you go searching for the Great Creator, you will come back empty-handed. The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a great invisible river flowing forever through a vast and fertile valley. Silent and uncreated, it creates all things.
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I wanted to use an urban setting with a small-town feel for a story that took a character through her childhood into her adulthood, with a background in arson investigation, ... I chose Baltimore and its delightful Little Italy section and was able to depict that neighborhood feel, the family ties, and I hope a good story about why choices made define who we are and who we become.
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What is truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the 'voice within' tells you.
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Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just.
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Paying attention to the present moment without letting your thoughts and ideas about the past and the future get in the way is essential. Why? Because it makes room for the views of others. It allows us to begin to trust them—and, more important, to hear them. It makes us willing to experiment, and it makes it safe to try something that may fail. It encourages us to work on our awareness, trying to set up our own feedback loop in which paying attention improves our ability to pay attention. It requires us to understand that to advance creatively, we must let go of something. As the composer Philip Glass once said, “The real issue is not how do you find your voice, but … getting rid of the damn thing.
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Working with the Latin language is pretty powerful. Working with a language that is not spoken vernacularly is intense.
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I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s at its extreme. And that’s what they end up knowing about it.
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If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!
